Estimation of incubation time for the erasure process in phase change materials for optical memories

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-64

  Nagpal, S ^a   Bhatnagar, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESTIMATION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

INCUBATION TIME; OPTICAL MEMORIES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0031144306     PISSN: 00318965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-396X(199705)161:1<59::AID-PSSA59>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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